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India: Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1948–2009 · 61 observations · cgovtax_GDP

2009
9.94%percent of GDP
Change on 2008
−7.5 pointsfrom 17.5%
Average, 2000–2009
8.06%10 years
Record high and low
17.5% (2008)low 3.42% (1949)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20099.94
200817.5
20077.04
20065.57
20054.59
20047.97
20037.09
20026.71
20017.33
20006.93

Sources

  • Mitchell1948–2009
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1974
  • World Development Indicators1974–2009
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2009

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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